Nonresealable bottle and closure means



Margh Z4, 1942, P. E. OLIVER 2,277,412

'NONRESEALABLE BOTTLE AND CLOSURE MEANS Filed Feb. 13, 1939 INVENTOR. Pau/ 1 O/Wer ATTORNEY.

Patented Mar. 24, 1942 UNKTED STATES PATENT OFFICE NONRESEALABLE BOTTLE AND CLOSURE MEANS Paul E. Oliver, San Diego, Calif.

Application February 13, 1939, Serial No. 256,133

6 Claims.

My invention relates to a non-resealable bottle and closure means and the objects of my invention are:

First, to provide a bottle and. closure means that will be broken or destroyed if an attempt is made to remove the closure means from the bottle neck;

Second, to provide a bottle neck that is provided with a reduced upper end with a special channel therein;

Third, to provide a closure means of the class described that is so constructed that should the closure means be removed without breaking the bottle neck, the closure means would be destroyed;

Fourth, to provide a bottle neck and closure means of this class which is very simple and economical to place in sealing position on the bottle neck;

Fifth, to provide a bottle and closure means of this class in which the hole in the perforate cap is smaller than the opening in the bottle neck. Therefore a cork could not be used to properly seal the bottle neck;

Sixth, to provide a bottle and closur means of this class which can be closed and temporarily sealed after part of the contents has been removed from the bottle;

Seventh, to provide a novel bottle neck;

Eighth, to provide a novel sealing means for a bottle neck;

Ninth, to provide a novel combination bottle neck and sealing means; and

Tenth, to provide a non-resealable bottle and closure means of this class which is very simple and economical of construction; easy to install, efficient in its action, and which will not readily deteriorate or get out of order.

With these and other objects in view as will appear hereinafter my invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts and portions as will be hereinafter described in detail and be particularly set forth in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the characters of reference thereon which form a part of this application in which:

Figure 1 is a sectional View of the locking clip taken from the line ll of Fig. 2; Fi 2 is a top or plan view of said locking clip and Fig. 3 is a sectional View of my non-resealable bottle and closure means on a greatly enlarged scale to facilitate the illustration.

Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views of the drawing:

The bottle neck I, resilient sealing washer 2, sealing foil 3, adhesive 4, locking clip 5, perforate cap 6, resilient sealing disk I and cover cap 8 constitute the principal parts of my non-resealable bottle and closure means.

The bottle neck .I is provided with a central opening Ia for the entrance and exit of contents. It is provided at its upper end with a substantial reduced portion lb at its outer side and in this reduced portion is provided a groove lc which is an annular groove extending around the outer side of this reduced portion lb. The upper wall I d of this reduced portion is inclined upwardly slightly so that anything engaging the lower surface of the portion Id would tend to hold inwardly into the groove Ic. The other side le of said groove I c tapers downwardly gradually as shown best in Fig. 3 of the drawing providing a relatively long tapering lower side. The upper edge of the reduced portion lb of the bottle neck is sealed by means of a resilient sealing washer 2 which is preferably made of cork, but may be made of rubber or similar resilient material. This resilient sealing washer is slightly wider than the upper edge of the reduced portion lb so that when it is pressed against the upper edge, the edges extend downwardly as shown best in Fig. 3 of the drawing. This washer 2 is secured to a sealing foil 3 which is in very thin disk form made of non-corrosive material and extends over the hole 2a in the member 2 and is secured to the member 2 by means of an adhesive 4 so that the members 2 and 3 are secured together. Positioned around the outer edge of the resilient sealing Washer 2 is the upper edge of the looking clip 5 which is an annular metallic member which is split at one side at 5a. Thi member 5 is provided with a plurality of slits 5b extending downwardly from its upper edge some distance to permit slight yielding of the upper edge of this member. At its lower side it is provided with upwardly and inwardly turned lug portions 5b, the upper edges of which are adapted to engage the upper side Id of the notch le in the bottle neck. These lugs 517, it will be noted are separated by means of notch portions 59! which widen outwardly toward the ends of said lugs 50. Mounted over the sealing foil 3 and around and over the locking clip 5 is a perforate 6 which is provided with a central perforation 5a which is substantially the same diameter as the perf0- ration 2a in the sealing washer 2 and of smaller diameter than the inside opening la of the neck l This cap 6 is provided with a downwardly and outwardly extending portion 6b leaving a downwardly widening space 60 between the members 6 and and this member is provided at its lower end with an inwardly curved portion 6d which fits over the turned portion of the member 5 at its lower end and the slitted portion 5a permits the contracting of the member 5 sufiiciently to pass through the opening between the end of inturned portion 6d of the cap member 6. Thus the members 2, 3 and 5 are nested in this perforate cap 6 substantially as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing before being placed on the bottle neck and this nested assembly including the members 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are placed over the filled bottle at the reduced portion of the neck and pressed thereon, the member 5 closing the space 60 as it is put unto the neck and the member 2 is compressed as shown in Fig. 3 until the ends of the lugs 50 pass the portion lb of the bottle neck", whereupon the lugs 50 enter the groove I0 and form a rigid lock for this assembly which cannot be removed without breaking the bottle neck, the bottle neck being grooved by the groove lc: would break at this point. The bottle top is thus sealed by means of the sealing foil 3 and this sealing foil 3may be ruptured by means of a pointed instrument of any kind and a portion or all of the contents removed.

In order to provide a more effective sealing and protection for the bottle contents there is provided a cover cap 8 which is adapted to fit down over the perforate cap 6 and provided with screw threads to adapted to fit on screw threads If on the bottle neck below the reduced portion. This cap has mounted in its upper portion a resilient sealing disk 1 which may be made of cork or rubber or similar material and is adapted when the cap 8 is screwed tightly on the threads If to compress so that it extends down around the outer side of the cap 6 and into the perforate opening 8a in said cap and down against the sealing foil 3 to form a protection for the foil from any internal pressure from the contents of the bottle and also forms another seal for the top of the bottle above the sealing foil 3.

It will be here noted that this cap 8 may be placed over the top after some of the contents is removed and forms a temporary seal for the bottle until the whole of the contents are emptied from the bottle.

Though I have shown and described a particular construction, combination and arrangement of parts and portions I do not wish to be limited to this particular construction, combination and arrangement, but desire to include in the scope of my invention the construction, combination and arrangement substantially as set forth in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a non-resealable bottle and closure means of the class described, the combination with a bottle neck provided with an annular external ledge portion, of a locking clip including an annularly split member provided with slots in its one side edge toward the end of said bottle neck andprovided with an inwardly and angularly turned portion disposed toward the end of said bottle neck and divided into a plurality of separate lug portions engaging said ledge portion of said bottle neck.

2. In a non-resealable bottle and closure means of the class described, the combination with a bottle neck provided with an annular external ledge portion, of a locking clip including an annularly split member provided with slots in its one side edge toward the end of said bottle neck and provided with an inwardly and angularly turned portion disposed toward the end of said bottle neck and divided into a plurality of separate lug portions engaging said ledge portion of said bottle neck, said lug portions separated by diverging slots.

3. In a non-resealable bottle and closure means of the class described, the combination with a bottle neck provided with an annular external ledge portion, of a locking clip including an annularly split member provided with slots in its one side edge toward the end of said bottle neck and provided with an inwardly and angularly turned portion disposed toward the end of said bottle neck and divided into a plurality of separate lug portions engaging said ledge portion of said bottle neck, and a cup-shaped cap member provided with an opening therein in the end of said bottle neck and positioned over the outer side of said locking clip, said cap member provided with an annular inwardly disposed portion arranged to engage said locking clip at said angularly turned portion thereof in opposed relation to said ledge portion of said bottle neck.

4. In a non-resealable bottle and closure means of the class described, the combination with a bottle neck provided with an annular external ledge portion, of a locking clip including an annularly split member provided with slots in its one side edge toward the end of said bottle neck and provided with an inwardly and angularly turned portion disposed toward the end of said bottle neck and divided into a plurality of separate lug portions engaging said ledge portion of said bottle neck, a cup-shaped cap member provided with an opening therein in the end of said bottle neck and positioned over the outer side of said locking clip, said cap member provided with an annular inwardly disposed portion arranged to engage said locking clip at said angularly turned portion thereof in opposed relation to said ledge portion of said bottle neck, and a sealing foil member positioned intermediate the end of said bottle neck and said cap memher.

5. In a non-resealable bottle and closure means of the class described, the combination with a bottle neck provided with an annular external ledge portion, of a locking clip including an annularly split member provided with slots in its one side edge toward the end of said bottle neck and provided with an inwardly and angularly turned portion disposed toward the end of said bottle neck and divided into a plurality of separate lug portions engaging said ledge portion of said bottle neck, a cup-shaped cap member provided with an opening therein in the end of said bottleneck and positioned over the outer side of said locking clip, said cap member provided with an annular inwardly disposed portion arranged to engage said locking clip at said angularly turned porton thereof in opposed relation to said ledge portion of said bottle neck, a sealing foil member positioned intermediate the end of said bottle neck and said cap member, whereby the outlined portion of said opening in said cap member is in adjacent relation with said foil member.

6. In a non-resealable bottle and closure means of the class described, the combination with a bottle neck provided with an external member provided with slots in its one side edge toward the end of said bottle neck and provided with an inwardly and angularly turned portion disposed toward the end of said bottle neck and divided into a plurality of separate lock portions engaging said ledge portion of said bottle neck, said flange portion of said cap member arranged to engage said inwardly turned portion of said clip member in opposed relation to said ledge 10 portion of said bottle neck.

PAUL E. OLIVER. 

